Job 28:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Miners put an end to darkness and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out all perfection: The stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Man sets an end to darkness, and he searches out the farthest bounds for the ore buried in gloom and deep darkness.

American Standard Version (1901)

Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

Common English Bible

Humans put an end to darkness, dig for ore to the farthest depths, into stone in utter darkness,

Catholic Public Domain Version

He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth: the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.

Job 28:3 Cross References

Job 12:22

He uncovers deep things from the darkness and brings deep darkness to light.

Job 28:2

Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

Job 28:4

They open shafts in a valley away from human habitation; they are forgotten by travelers; they sway suspended, remote from people.

Job 3:5

Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds settle upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures—

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to be busy with.

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only to feed the flames and nations weary themselves for nothing?

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Luke 16:8

And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.